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Add Private Key to Java Keystore

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Adds a private key to an existing Java keystore. PowerShell

Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

$success = $false

# This requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
# See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

$jks = New-Object Chilkat.JavaKeyStore

$jksPassword = "myJksPassword"
$jksPath = "/someDir/keyStore.jks"

# Load the Java keystore from a file.
$success = $jks.LoadFile($jksPassword,$jksPath)
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($jks.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# A JKS private key entry consists of both the private key,
# it's associated certificate (which contains the matching public key
# within the X.509 of the certificate), and the certificates in the
# chain of authentication to the root.
# 
# Therefore, to add a private key entry to a JKS requires
# a Chilkat certificate object that has a private key and which also
# has the certificate chain (up to the root) available.

# There are many ways to get a Chilkat certificate object
# that contains (within it) the private key and the certificate chain
# This example will show two possibilities:
# (1) Where the cert and issuing root are provided in PEM format in .crt files,
# and the private key is also provided in unencrypted PEM format (.key file).
# (2) Where the cert, private key, and issuing root are provided in a single PFX.

# First for the .crt / .key files:
$cert = New-Object Chilkat.Cert

# Chilkat will automatically determine the format of the cert file and load it correctly.
$success = $cert.LoadFromFile("/mycerts/alice.crt")
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($cert.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# Certificates required for building the chain of authentication can be
# added to an XML certificate vault object, and then provided as
# a source for obtaining certs when building the chain.
$certVault = New-Object Chilkat.XmlCertVault
$success = $certVault.AddCertFile("/mycerts/ca.crt")
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($certVault.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$success = $cert.UseCertVault($certVault)
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($cert.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# Now provide the associated private key to the certificate object.
# The Chilkat private key class provides methods for loading from many formats (both
# encrypted and unencrypted).
$privKey = New-Object Chilkat.PrivateKey
$success = $privKey.LoadPemFile("/mycerts/alice.key")
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($privKey.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# Provide the certificate object with the private key:
$success = $cert.SetPrivateKey($privKey)
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($cert.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# Our certificate object now contains all that we need to add it as a private key entry
# to the Java keystore:
$alias = "alice"
$success = $jks.AddPrivateKey($cert,$alias,$jksPassword)
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($jks.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# Write the updated JKS, which contains the new private key entry w/ certificate chain.
$success = $jks.ToFile($jksPassword,$jksPath)
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($jks.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$("Added new private key entry (from .crt and .key files) to the JKS!")

# Now let's add a new private key entry from a PFX that contains a single
# private key with associated cert and cert chain.
$pfx = New-Object Chilkat.Pfx

$success = $pfx.LoadPfxFile("/myPfxFiles/my.pfx","pfxPassword")
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($pfx.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# This is easy -- simply add the PFX to the JKS
$alias = "bob"
$success = $jks.AddPfx($pfx,$alias,$jksPassword)
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($jks.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# Write the updated JKS, which contains the new private key entry w/ certificate chain
# that came from the PFX.
$success = $jks.ToFile($jksPassword,$jksPath)
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($jks.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$("Added new private key entry (from PFX) to the JKS!")